Patents by Inventor Simon Terence PRODGER

Simon Terence PRODGER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Interactive smart beads
    Patent number: 10150043
    Abstract: Interactive smart beads are described. The beads are attached to a connecting element and form a fashion item such as a necklace or bracelet. The connecting element detects the presence of beads which are part of the fashion item and also beads which are part of nearby fashion items. The connecting element also autonomously generates interactions between two or more detected beads and transmits data about the interactions to a software experience so that a user can view a graphical representation of the interactions. In various examples each bead represents a character, environment, object, etc. and the software experience displays an animated story based on the characters, environments, objects, etc. represented by the beads involved in an interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Nicolas Villar, James William Scott, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Greg Saul, Lee Jason Schuneman, Philip Robert Harrison, Jonathan Leslie Venables, Simon Terence Prodger
  • INTERACTIVE SMART BEADS
    Publication number: 20150258458
    Abstract: Interactive smart beads are described. The beads are attached to a connecting element and form a fashion item such as a necklace or bracelet. The connecting element detects the presence of beads which are part of the fashion item and also beads which are part of nearby fashion items. The connecting element also autonomously generates interactions between two or more detected beads and transmits data about the interactions to a software experience so that a user can view a graphical representation of the interactions. In various examples each bead represents a character, environment, object, etc. and the software experience displays an animated story based on the characters, environments, objects, etc. represented by the beads involved in an interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Haiyan ZHANG, Nicolas VILLAR, James William SCOTT, Alexandra Keeley BUNTING, Greg SAUL, Lee Jason SCHUNEMAN, Philip Robert HARRISON, Jonathan Leslie VENABLES, Simon Terence PRODGER